Shady solar outhouses
The US Forest Service has recently installed solar outhouses, but positioned some of them in the shade
Fifth Framework refuses to take shape
The start of the European Union's 5th Framework programme of R&D could be delayed by disagreements over its structure
Budget falls in Denmark
Danish research grants and funds for postdoc training in the natural sciences will be halved next year
New sites for Oxford Instruments
Oxford Instruments opened two new buildings last month
EC advisory body slims down
The European Commission scientific advisory committee has slimmed down and changed direction
Science gets a higher profile in Ireland
The Irish government has a new science minister, Noel Treacy - the third this year
US science budget rises
There is good news for science in general and physics in particular in this year's US budget
CERN hustings
Four physicists are vying to become the next director general of CERN, the European particle physics laboratory
Japan thinks big on synchrotrons
The highest energy synchrotron radiation source in the world has officially opened
Euro defence giant born
Alcatel Alsthom and Dassault have become strategic partners in Thomson CSF
